Taylore Halsden’s background integrates scientific study with that of the spiritual. She shares tools and skills employed to enrich and enhance one’s daily experience of life. As a lifetime purveyor of health and wellness, Taylore feels blessed by her careers as a Registered Nurse, Caregiver, Homemaker, Wife and Mother, educational kinesthetic facilitator, and professional actor.

Taylore has been trained in several healing modalities including applied kinesiology, dowsing, and Brain Gym.

Sandra Wallin is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, an educator and a consultant whose private practice near Vancouver, BC integrates equine-guided development, expressive arts, and ethical leadership.

A lifetime of experiencing and observing the powerful dynamics between horses and humans led Sandra to pursue extensive training in Equine-Guided Learning and Therapy. She is a an Epona-Approved Instructor and additionally, has studied with many of the leaders in this innovative field. In turn, she has been invited to teach and facilitate groups across North America, supporting the personal and/or professional development of each participant or team.

Chiron’s Way Counselling Services was founded by Sandra to provide educational and therapeutic experiences in a setting which supports and nurtures individuals, families and groups.

Sandra is also a school counsellor, a Roots of Empathy Instructor, and a teacher of gifted students in the Coquitlam School District. She has Bachelor’s Degrees in Science and Education, a Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology and is formally trained in EMDR, Expressive Arts, horsemanship and a variety of integrative teaching and therapeutic modalities.

Sandra is also co-facilitator of our workshop on October 19th with Holly James.

Find out more about Sandra's work at www.chironsway.com

The Spirit of Living: Empowering Your Perspective With Creativity.

Marianne Williamson challenges us to ask the question: “Who are we not to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and famous?” When we empower our perspective, we commit to the values and beliefs that support a life where we are powerful beyond measure, and as we let our own light shine, we honour that ability in others.

Join Sandra and Taylore as they weave together the threads of many teachings, honouring the innate ability we each have to manifest a magnificent life. Activities that integrate the left and right hemispheres of our brain will be utilized to illuminate that learning is not all in our head. Advances in science are proving the importance of whole body/mind integration for learning; thought, creativity and intelligence are not processes of the brain alone, but of the whole body.

As such, the first day will have Taylore sharing her knowledge of Brain Gym - a wonderful program which enhances learning and performance. There are 26 easy and enjoyable targeted activities that integrate body and mind to bring about rapid and often dramatic improvements in:

• Concentration
• Memory
• Reading
• Writing
• Organizing
• Listening
• Physical coordination
• and more

Today the innovative Brain Gym and the field known as Education Kinesiology (Edu-K), “learning through movement” supports people of all abilities in making wide-ranging changes in their lives.

Sandra will then offer an extension to Taylore’s teachings though the medium of the expressive arts. These creative activities facilitate the integration of the left and right hemispheres of our brains, expanding our perspectives by connecting the body/mind and accessing the imagery and lessons inherent within. We will be doing hands-on creativity - painting, visual journalling, collageing with words and images... drawing out, speaking out, moving out and writing out. All will be taught in an environment that embraces the individuality of each learner.

Please note that no art experience is required - a promise!